 | Robert Morrison - Missions - 1826 - 434 pages
...promise, he took pleasure in them. His words are these, " That the power of Christ may rest upon me, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ s sake ; for when I am weak, then am I strong." In this passage you perceive he gives all the... | |
 | John Dennant - 1826 - 350 pages
...privileges, and have received the gospel in faith and love, and with joy of the Holy Ghost. They have taken pleasure " in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities,...in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake, and have taken joyfully the spoiling of their goods." Yea, they have welcomed imprisonment and death,... | |
 | 1852 - 1174 pages
...gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, for Christ's sake ; for when I am weak, then am I strong " (2 Cor. xii. 7 — 10). It may be thus with... | |
 | John Worthington - 1826 - 206 pages
...So far was he from living a self-pleasing life, that, if he pleased himself in any thing, it was " in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake."e So far was he from impatience and shrinking at those disposals of providence, that he "rejoiced... | |
 | George Bull - Christian life - 1827 - 518 pages
...be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee...gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. P. 113. SERMON VI. A Visitation Sermon concerning the great... | |
 | Joseph Fincher - 1827 - 438 pages
...the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. ; -7., ' -. • THE LORD'S ANSWER. 2 COR. xii. 9, 10. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee...gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches,... | |
 | Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...he exalted ahove measure. For this thing I hesought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee...made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will 1 rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Tsahn Ixxiii. tliroughout.... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 572 pages
...though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations. « 2 COR. xii. 10: Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches,...persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake : for when I am wea&, then am I strong. JAMES, i. 12 : Blessed is the man that endureth temptation : for when he is... | |
 | 342 pages
...grace of God teaches you: "For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee:...gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches,... | |
 | Robert Hanson - 2006 - 62 pages
...Jesus Christ, To him be glory both now and forever. Amen, II Peter 3:18, How are you to grow in Christ? And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee:...gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me, II Corinthians 12:9, What is said of God's grace? You can... | |
| |
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee : for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 
